Thursday, September 19, 2013

Cybermagazine - Thursday

Thursday September 19 2013 edition

HIGHLIGHTS

Health Council report: Status quo in health care reform is not acceptable

Despite a decades old accord among the federal and provincial governments on health care reform, a new report suggests governments' 'status quo' approach is failing Canadians.

Titled "Better health, better care, better value for all - Refocusing health care reform in Canada" the report reviews what has been achieved since accords to improve the health care system were made ...

CANADIAN HEADLINES

Canada's refusal Thursday (September 19) to accept the UN Human Rights Council's recommendation of a comprehensive review of violence against Aboriginal women in Canada was criticized by a number of organizations including members of the Indigenous community.

Canada's response to the Council underlined that it had accepted in whole, or in part, 122 of the 169 recommendations in Canada’s second ...

Driver in deadly bus crash “careful”

Canadian officials swarmed over the site where a double-decker bus crashed into a train killing six people on Wednesday morning in a suburb of the capital, Ottawa. Authorities are combing the area for clues as to what happened. They have recovered the black boxes which recorded data on the train and the bus at the time of the accident. There ...

Arctic patrol ships overpriced, say advisers

A $3-billion ship building contract was overpriced, warned Canadian government advisers, but the deal was signed anyway two days later. The warning was contained in documents obtained by the public broadcaster, the CBC, under Canada’s Access to Information Act.

The number of man-hours quoted by Irving Shipbuilding was “very high and considerably more than we would have expected for ...

Finance minister highlights tax break for Canadian manufacturers

Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty promoted the federal government's aid to Canadian manufacturers in a public appearance in the city of Brampton, in the province of Ontario, Wednesday (September 18).

He highlighted the $1.4 billion in tax relief for Canadian manufacturers as promised in this year's federal budget.

“Our Government is committed to helping Canadian manufacturers create jobs ...